If Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece "Hedda Gabler" didn't exist there is a remote chance that I might have enjoyed Nia DaCosta's film "Hedda" which updates the play, changes the setting and the sex of one of the main characters, messes with the plot and makes Hedda bisexual but since Ibsen's masterpiece does exist there is no getting away from the fact that DaCosta's film is a travesty of the original.
It certainly looks fabulous and Tessa Thompson is a suitably sardonic Hedda while Imogen Poots works wonders with the part of Thea. Nina Hoss, on the other hand, in the Ejlert Lovborg role, ('he's' now Eileen), feels totally lost and the overall effect of the film is akin to drawing a mustache on the Mona Lisa. Of course, anyone not familiar with Ibsen's play might enjoy what is basically a high society bitchfest. Everyone else should give it a wide berth.
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